Does anyone here like Sangria? I really love it, it's so refreshing and really delicious. For those who don't know what it is, it's a Spanish specialty: some red wine (but not just any red wine, it has to be special but I forgot how), really cold, with some fruits: apples, oranges, lemons and limes. Lots of ice... and I think that's all?
I make a sangria that people really seem to like, and which will really kick your ass if you aren't careful. Not exactly "traditional", but really good. The recipe for a ~1 gallon batch: 2 lemons 2 limes 1 orange 1 large jar marischino cherries (drain the juice) 3 cups rum (Bacardi "O" is recommended) 1 cup white sugar 1.5 liters red wine (I usually use a cheap merlot) 2 cups orange juice Cut up the fruit and place in a large jar or pitcher. Add the rum and sugar, and shake well. Allow to sit overnight in the refrigerator, shaking occasionally, to allow the rum to extract the fruit flavors. When ready to serve, crush the fruit with a wooden spoon, and add the chilled wine and orange juice. Serve over ice. Eating the cherries from the bottom of the jug is highly recommended...
Yeah, Sangria is really good. It means something, wine of the crowns, something or the other. Idk, I can't find a bottle in the house. I'm gonna get my dad to make some from the above recipe, sounds good.
im curious as to the origins of the word "sangría," too. my best guess is that it comes from "sangre" meaning "blood" - people prolly put something like a drop of blood in it back in the day. wouldnt surprise me if it were bull´s blood either (there are other spanish traditions that use bull´s blood) and any kind of sangría that you buy pre-bottled will be crap. it´s gotta be made yourself. i love the stuff! $10-$15 (well, euros in the case of spain) for a pitcher and you´re set!
There's this plaza in Madrid, a tad far from the museums, infront of a white castle or so... where there's a little store that serves the best free sangria... I love it.
Yesss, sangria is wonderful when it's made properly. I hate it if it's too sweet. Yuck. The recipe above sounds good, I'll have to try it sometime.
Yeah sangria is great and it does come from the word sangre, sangue is portuguese. In Lisbon, at most of studen'ts dinners, sangria is the ellected drink (not only in Lisbon...). Singing 'If you wanna be in the 'group' you're gonna drink that glass until the end, until the end, and throw it down and trow it down, until the end!!!' and then when drink it they say 'You're in the group!' Of course this was not the best translation, in portuguese it rimes achademic life... B.T.W. in Madera Island we have Poncha wich is a warm drink with aguardente (I don't know the translation) and honey. It's SWEET and WAAAAAAARM hehe
Hummm... I like honey in spiced rum for sipping. Now, I don't know about poncha, but it's got a PUNCH. The 'homemade' sangria, we used a new big plastic trashcan with lots of fruit in there.
Yep, in a big plastic trashcan with lots of fruit in there, yep. And who knows what else, in Santos Populares in Lisbon, the ceremonies of the saints, in Lisbon's particular case St. Anthony, in Porto St. John, people go down town, historical centre of course, around the churches, and take their own big plastic trashcan and yell SANGRIA SANGRIA, it's usual that friends piss and spit in... wash their feet, stuff like that, yet I'm still alive
